Business Architecture
December 28, 2024 2025-01-28 18:10Business Architecture
Business Architecture
Welcome to the IASA Business Architecture Course and Certification! It is an absolute pleasure working with architects from all over the world on understanding and growing our professional practice. We hope to work with you as well both to teach and to learn. The Iasa curriculum is designed by architects, with architects and for architects.
Competency Focus Areas
- Conducting business research
- Develop scenarios with future casting and business scenario planning
- Advanced business capability management
- Value and innovation modeling through benefits management techniques
- Customer and stakeholder innovation methods
- Value Stream, Value Chain analysis
- Business to Solution Changement Management
- Circular and Sustainable Business Models
Who is this course for?
This course is intended for business analysts, project managers, business architects, and anyone interested in understanding business architecture principles and practices.
What you'll learn
Business architecture is an essential aspect of any organization that aims to improve its operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability. It involves developing a comprehensive understanding of the organization’s processes, capabilities, and people to identify and implement strategic improvements. This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a robust business architecture that aligns with the organization’s objectives.
Lesson 1
What is BA
This section of the course will cover the basics of business architecture, including its definition,
principles, and benefits.
Lesson 2
Lifecycle and Concepts
This lesson introduces the business architects work deliverables and lifecycle. Dive into the world of a business architect day to day. What are the key deliverables we will be learning in class and how do they relate to each other. Learn to master key concepts for business architecture and to adapt to different ways of working.
Lesson 3
Industry Analysis
Explore the essence of strategy, a guiding compass in the realm of business, and its pivotal role in shaping a robust Business Architecture. Delve deep into the importance of conducting secondary research, encompassing industry insights, company dynamics, and the evolving tech landscape, all of which are integral in crafting a comprehensive Business Architecture.
Lesson 4
Strategic Planning
Embark on a journey to understand the intricacies of strategic planning and the art of delivering a compelling strategy, both fundamental to crafting a robust Business Architecture. This lesson further delves into the practical application of strategy, introducing participants to the Balanced Scorecard and the Run, Grow, and Transform model, essential tools for translating vision into actionable architectural designs
Lesson 5
Business and Operating Models
Venture into the realm of Operational Strategy, a critical component that underpins effective Business Architecture. This lesson illuminates the nuances of crafting such a strategy and introduces participants to the renowned MIT Sloan Operating Model, a blueprint that guides the alignment of operations with strategic intent, ensuring a cohesive and efficient Business Architecture.
Lesson 6
Value Streams and Value Chains
From a Business Architecture standpoint, participants will use value streams and value chains to understand both their internal and external value creation models. This leson connects the concept of business model with value creation models in business ecosystems.
Lesson 7
Capability-Based Transformation
Delve into the intricacies of Business Architecture with a focus on crafting a Capability Architecture, a structured representation of an organization’s abilities. From a Business Architecture vantage point, participants will master the art of designing a Capability Models. The ability to connect these to value measurements, roadmaps and change management is also highlighted.
Lesson 8
Benefits Realization
This lesson emphasizes the significance of these frameworks in articulating business goals, measuring outcomes, and ensuring value realization, all central to crafting a resilient and impactful Business Architecture.
Lesson 9
Organizational Dyanamics
This lesson guides participants through the process of identifying and mapping key stakeholders using diverse models, building out intricate networks of influence, and crafting detailed personas. Driven by the BTABoK unique Stakeholder Driven Approach.
Lesson 10
Business Process Management
Embark on a deep exploration of Business Architecture with a concentrated focus on the heartbeat of any organization: its Processes. This lesson offers participants a comprehensive understanding of how to define and map processes, the structured sequences of activities that transform inputs into outputs.
Lesson 11
Technology Landscape
From a Business Architecture perspective, participants will gain proficiency in utilizing BDN for Master the application of change management for principled assessments, integrate IT strategies for technological coherence. This ensures the creation of Business Architectures that are principled, technologically aligned, and strategically delivered.
Lesson 12
Digital Customer
Embark on a comprehensive exploration of Business Architecture, emphasizing the pathways that customers traverse and the value they derive. Explore beyond the customer journey into jobs to be done, value mapping, customer driven innovation, capturing the essence of user interactions, and ensuring optimal value flow. This knowledge equips them to design architectures that resonate deeply with customer needs while optimizing business value delivery.
Lesson 13
Innvation Management
What is innovation really and how does it impact a business? This lesson will help the business architect master innovation, lean change and customer-centric design. The goal of this lesson is to aid the business architect in developing a streamlined innovation and idea management workflow and world view.
Lesson 14
Tranformation and Change
Venture into the transformative facets of Business Architecture, where strategic planning meets execution. This lesson encompasses the design of a Transformation Plan, the art of planning and optimizing portfolios, and th critical components of Risk and Change Management. Together, these elements form the backbone of a resilient Business Architecture, ensuring organizations are primed for change and future growth.
Lesson 15
Execution and Changed
This lesson guides participants through the creation of IT Scenarios and the art of crafting a compelling Business Case. It also connects Solution Architects and Architecture to the full business architecture lifecycle. This allows for the business architect to function as a fully effective member of the architeture practice from strategy to execution.
Lesson 16
World-Class Architecture
This lesson focus on connecting business architecture programs with the overall value of the organization and the overall architecture practice.
- Leadership and Ownership
- People and Communication
- Primary and Secondary Architecture Benefits
Teaching Modalities
- 5 days
- 4 lessons per day
- Full time
- 45 min presentation
- 45 min workshops with. group
- Classroom
- Classwork – Miro
- Course Material – MS Teams
- 9 weeks
- 4 hrs per week plus homework Total 6 hrs/wk
- 45 min lessons
- 1 hr group work
- Homework
- Final presentation to instructor for grade
- Online (Teams)
- Homework – Miro
- Course Material – MS Teams
Maintaining your IASA certification
Earning your IASA certification is a big achievement—we’re here to help you maintain it. Continuous skill growth that extends beyond certification is critical to fueling your career and your impact. IASA certification holders need to earn
- Learning
- Teaching others
- Presenting
- Reading
- Volunteering
- Content creating
